good old days

After receiving the goods, Jiang Xinyu naturally had to contact Guo Yimin.

The old method is to call the post office and ask the operator to notify Guo Yimin first.

The operator on the other end said: "You'd better tell me if you have anything. It's been snowing recently. Although the road has not been blocked yet, it's not easy to go back and forth. I'll pass the message for you, and then for him, and let him pay a fee." Just a minute’s worth of phone calls.”

Jiang Xinyu had no choice but to agree, "Okay, tell Secretary Guo that I have received the goods, and I will mail him the remaining money. The extra money will be regarded as a thank you fee. I will also receive the goods next year, so he can act early, regardless of receipt." I can get any amount of goods as long as the goods and price are OK."

The operator wrote everything down on paper, "Okay, I'll help you deliver the letter when your money comes by mail."

These days, there are already all kinds of inconveniences, and the operator often helps people talk, which is not unusual.

In Guo Hong's hometown village, Guo Yimin had just returned from settling accounts in another village.

When people in the village saw him, they asked, "When will our payment be settled?"

Guo Yimin covered his body tightly, with his eyes exposed, and said with his pockets in his pocket: "Please inform those who have delivered the goods before to come to my house and wait, and we will finish all the goods today."

Jiang Xinyu's balance payment of more than 100 yuan has not come yet, but his family has money to make up for it, and he is not afraid that Jiang Xinyu will not pay. He has already given 1,500 yuan, but will he not pay the remaining 100 yuan?

The man's eyes were happy when he heard it, "Okay, okay, I'll go now."

People who had delivered goods to Guo Yimin all went to his house to wait for the check after hearing the news, including Guo Hong's parents.

Ding Changhai was able to receive more than 8,000 yuan of goods because he informed his uncle in advance. In September, when the wild hazelnuts in the mountains were ripe, his uncle invited the villagers to collect them together. The surrounding hazelnuts were They didn't keep any of the pieces they were looking for.

On Guo Yimin's side, Jiang Xinyu was late in asking for goods. Each household here only got at most a dozen kilograms to keep for the winter. Any more was just for selling in the county and city, so it wasn't much more. , so he collected it from surrounding villages, but didn't receive much.

Although the family could not receive a few dollars, the money seemed to be picked up for free, but no one was unhappy.

A few dollars is a lot. I can buy a lot of things for my family during the Chinese New Year, and I can also pay for my children’s tuition.

After all the money was settled, Guo Yimin said: "Our land is good. There are these good things in the mountains in autumn. Now that the policy has improved, we can do business. Everything in our mountains is a treasure. I want to mention it to my superiors." , let’s see if we can grow hazelnuts in our village. Everyone loves to eat this stuff once it’s fried. There will definitely be a market for it when shipped out, and the village should be able to agree. If we can become famous for growing hazelnuts, our village will definitely become rich in the future.”

The villagers don't know whether wild hazelnuts can be cultivated artificially, but they are naturally grown things that can survive on their own, and they should be able to survive after being planted, although they don't know how to plant them.

"We all listen to you, Lao Guo. If the village cannot survive, will there be such a good thing in the village next year?"

Guo Yimin felt that Jiang Xinyu would continue to collect. After thinking about it, he said: "Don't our families go into the mountains to collect some every year? Regardless of whether there is anyone outside to collect, we should prepare some for ourselves."

Everyone chatted in the courtyard for a long time. Guo Yimin waved his hand and said, "It's too cold. Don't get sick from the cold. Let's all go back."

The troops left, but Guo Hong's parents didn't leave.

Guo Yimin let the two people into the house and asked his mother-in-law to give them five yuan.

"This is your money for helping to pull and transport goods. This business is originally led by Xiaohong, so just keep it."

It is not so easy to go to other villages to collect goods. Dirt roads and mountain roads are not easy to walk, tractors cannot go in, and donkey carts are not easy to travel. In some sections, you have to carry things on your back. To collect goods from other villages, the furthest distance is To be able to walk more than thirty miles, his younger brother worked hard, and it was appropriate to give him an extra five dollars.

Guo Hong's father accepted the five yuan without even hesitating.

He was unhappy and felt that Guo Hong had to tell him directly about this. If he were to be the one to take the lead in receiving the goods, I'm afraid the benefits would be more than the five yuan, right? “Brother, what’s the price charged over there?”

He didn't believe that his elder brother had been working so hard for so many days without making any money. Otherwise, where did the ten dollars come from?

Guo Yimin glanced at him, how could he not know that he was trying to calculate how much he had earned this time. He earned about twenty yuan, but he was busy, shouldn't he take this money?

Seeing his eldest brother staring, Guo Hong's father shrank his neck.

Guo Yimin added: "Xiaohong called me before and said that she wanted to raise chickens and ducks at home to make money. I think this business can be done. What do you two think?"

Guo Hong's father used the same rhetoric against Guo Hong again, and finally said: "Brother, ginseng makes money. Guo Hong and her aunt gave me two ginsengs before. How much do you think I sold them for? Several dozen yuan." .”

Guo Yimin frowned when he heard this. His younger brother is a brainless and short-sighted man, "How many ginsengs do you have? Can you still sell ginseng every day? Listen to me, build a chicken farm in the village, you can contract it, and you won't have to worry about selling the eggs. .”

Guo Hong's father is determined not to do it. He only has some money to give his children a wife. How can he build a chicken farm? Who knows if you can make money? How to fix the loss?

"If you want to do it, let your third child do it. I'll help you when the chicken farm opens. Just give me some wages. I'll go back if nothing happens. Next time something like this happens, you have to tell me in advance. , I will definitely prepare in advance.”

Guo Hong's father never forgets to whisper to his wife after he goes out, "That girl is so arrogant. She doesn't tell me when something good happens. I'm not his biological father. Is the money-making job left to outsiders? You know that before we get married." Turn your elbows out."

Guo Hong's mother nodded in agreement, "It's not because you gave her to your elder brother to raise her when she was a child."

"But raising ducks and chickens might really make money, why don't we give it a try?"

Guo Hong's father glared at her, "Do you know how much it costs to raise chickens and ducks a year? Don't even get back the money from contracting a chicken farm. How much money do we have in our hands? Where can we get the money? Second child and third child I’m getting married soon, and there are a lot of things I need to spend money on.”

After saying a few words, Guo Hong's mother lowered her head and stopped talking.

Eight days later, the operator came to Guo Yimin's home with a note and money.

After seeing it, Guo Yimin was surprised that Jiang Xinyu was so generous and gave him an extra twenty yuan. With the money he took from it, he earned more than forty yuan this time.

Is twenty yuan too little? It must be quite a lot. Brothers in the village are divided and they can still fight over pots and pans.

It seems that doing business is really profitable.

Guo Yimin didn't underestimate Jiang Xinyu just because she was a student. Would a college student who could spend three thousand yuan in business at a time be a fool?

Guo Yimin paid the phone bill in advance and said, "Tell her that I know."

The goods from the Northeast came in. Jiang Xinyu went to the post office to contact Abdul, and then received the unexpected bad news.

After signing orders with major supply and marketing cooperatives in the province, they can only leave three tons of raisins for them at most.

According to Abdul, being able to supply them with so much goods this year is the result of a significant increase in production.

Abdu naturally didn't tell the truth. No matter how much the output increases this year, there won't be so much left over to send to Jiang Xinyu. However, in addition to their vineyards, there are also raisins produced in other villages and snatched their orders.

Fortunately, Jiang Xinyu could eat whatever they had left.